Nearly every council ward in Redcar and Cleveland is set to change before voters return to the ballot box.

All but two of the current areas will see their borders change, as the Boundary Commission publishes its final recommendations for new wards.

The local authority is currently split up into 22 wards, which roughly correspond with existing towns, villages and big estates.

After a consultation, the Boundary Commission is proposing 24 different wards.

As part of the plans, the local authority would gain a new ward in Redcar , covering the swathes of new housing around Redcar Lane and Marske Road.

But in response to local feedback, the plan for that ward - which would have been called Mickledales - has also been altered.

During the consultation, local people argued that properties around Aintree Road shared closer community ties with Borough Park, the Warwick Road area and Ings Farm Primary School which had been included in West Dyke ward.

The new political map of Redcar and Cleveland

The Boundary Commission said it found the evidence persuasive and has changed its boundary proposals to reflect those views.

It has also changed the name of the proposed Mickledales ward to Wheatlands ward.

In the west of the borough, and in response to local feedback, the Commission has also changed its recommendations so that the Hillside Academy and former Eston Park Academy area is included in Teesville ward rather than South Bank ward.

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For example, the South Bank ward - the seat of leader Sue Jeffrey - would now stretch right across Teesport and the former SSI site. But it would lose one councillor from its current three.

Professor Colin Mellors, chair of the commission, said, “We are extremely grateful to people across Redcar and Cleveland who took part in the review. The commission has looked at all the evidence that was put forward during the consultation.

“We believe these recommendations deliver electoral fairness for voters as well as reflecting community ties throughout Redcar and Cleveland.”

The proposed new arrangements must now be implemented by Parliament. A draft Order – the legal document which brings into force the recommendations – will be laid in Parliament in the coming months. The draft Order provides for the new electoral arrangements to come into force at the council elections in 2019.